-တွေ

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Burmese

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Pronunciation

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(colloquial)

  • Phonetic respellings: ဒေ, တေ
  • IPA(key): /dè/, /tè/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: twe • ALA-LC: tve • BGN/PCGN: de/te • Okell: tei/tei

(careful)

  • Phonetic respellings: ဒွေ, တွေ
  • IPA(key): /dwè/, /twè/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: twe • ALA-LC: tve • BGN/PCGN: dwe/twe • Okell: twei/twei

Usage notes

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The voiced variant /d(w)è/ occurs after vowels and /ɴ/; the voiceless variant /t(w)è/ after /ʔ/.

Suffix

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-တွေ (-twe)

  1. (colloquial) indicates a plural (with a count noun)
  2. lots of (with a mass noun)

Synonyms

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References

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